CIO-plus: Three 'cool' trends that should raise red flags for CIOs

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Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014.

Potentia staff were asked to nominate a 'unsung' charity that hasn't received the attention they often deserve, before the public were asked to vote online from a shorlist of seven. Paw Justice got the biggest support from nearly 10,000 votes, says Potentia managing director Josh Comrie. "Paw Justice is a vote for those that can't vote for themselves," says Comrie. "Their work in bringing animal abusers -- one of the lowest of the low - to account, is a real demonstration of what it means to be an 'unsung hero'."